266 Clark, Lesser Antillean Macaws. [julv 



Vernet very kindly presented me with a specimen of this bird, 

 taken by himself at Point Saline ; it was the only one he ever 

 saw. 



It is abundant on all the Grenadines. 



Besides these forms, I failed to find the following on St. Vin- 

 cent, although I explored almost the whole island very carefully. 

 Possibly they still exist in limited numbers in certain remote 

 localities. 



Catharopeza bishopi (Lawr. ). 

 Cindocerthia ruficauda tenebrosa Ridgw. 

 Cinchlerminia sancta-lucice. (Scl.). 

 Allenia albive?itris (Lawr.), which became a common resident 

 on Union Island and Carriacou, Grenadines, after the great hurri- 

 cane at St. Vincent in 1898, has now entirely disappeared from 

 those islands. 



THE LESSER ANTILLEAN MACAWS. 



BY AUSTIN H. CLARK. 



We find mentioned by the earlier writers who dealt with West 

 Indian ornithology, a number of birds which are not known to 

 inhabit the islands at the present day, and which have been 

 extinct for many years. In this paper I shall bring together all 

 the evidence existing as to the presence of Macaws in the Lesser 

 Antilles, in the islands of Guadeloupe, Dominica, and Martinique. 



These three islands collectively show affinities to the Greater 

 Antilles and to South America, at the same time having genera and 

 species peculiar to themselves. For instance, a species of Mimo- 

 cichla (Dominica) and a species of Melanerpes (Guadeloupe), to- 

 gether with the fact that Guara alba is a breeding resident on 

 Dominica, appear to show a Greater Antillean relationship ; 

 Dendroica riifigitla (Martinique), Stenopsis cayenensis (Marti- 

 nique), Ceryle stictipennis (Guadeloupe and Dominica), and Rup- 



